Tonight we'll journey from the Sustainability District to Jubilee Park. We'll experience two country pavilions, as well as the captivating Surreal water feature. We'll also get a bite to eat Al-Lusitano restaurant! Photosensitivity warning: Some areas in Live@Expo broadcasts may feature bright flashing effects that may affect photosensitive viewers.

Live@Expo Ep 74: Portugal and Suriname Pavilion + Surreal Waterfall

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Tonight we'll journey from the Sustainability District to Jubilee Park. We'll experience two country pavilions, as well as the captivating Surreal water feature. 

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Portugal Pavilion

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For centuries, Portuguese explorers such as Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan sailed the world, creating new connections with Africa, India and beyond. Now at Expo 2020, the country is honouring its heritage of multiculturalism at the Portugal Pavilion, a celebration of diversity and inclusion.

The pavilion’s theme is “A World in One Country”, and you’ll see this idea reflected in its exhibits, including the dynamic digital faces that welcome you and a garden area that showcases Portugal’s biodiversity. Other attractions include tours of the country’s aerospace industry and “blue” ocean economy, as well as the best of Portuguese cuisine.


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Authentic Portuguese cuisine at the pavilion’s restaurant

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Interactive library featuring graphic panels and interactive projections 

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Wide-ranging celebration of Portugal’s diversity

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With tall sail-shaped façades that rise high into the air, the Portugal Pavilion recalls a white sailing ship cruising through Expo 2020, much as Portuguese explorers like Ferdinand Magellan, featured within, once sailed across the globe. 

The pavilion’s bottom level is open in the centre, with sturdy grey structures to either side. Resting upon these is the broad main exhibit hall, a squared-off take on the caravel, a 15th century Portuguese boat design renowned for its speed. Its four rectangular sails stand tall at various heights. 


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Learn about 'Moksie Patu' (everything in one) at the Suriname Pavilion.

Suriname

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The small South American nation of Suriname is one of the greenest places on the planet, and not only because lush rainforests cover 93 per cent of its land area. As the student-designed Suriname Pavilion shows, it’s also a place where humanity lives in balance with the natural world – so much so that Suriname is one of the globe’s few carbon-negative economies. Here, you’ll embark on a multi-sensory journey into Surinamese landscapes, from a stroll under a shimmering waterfall to a night walk through the jungle, complete with the sounds of indigenous animals.

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Architecture III: The Surreal Musical Waterfall

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Water Feature

Be transformed by Surreal at Expo 2020, which blends mesmerising sights and sounds in a synchronized spectacle of music, water and fire. Larger-than-life immersive walls are swept over by gushing water which then appears to flow upwards in a gravity-defying feat of engineering. Central spirals produce roaring hydrogen flames bright, unexpected colors. Every element, right down to splashes of water at certain moments, is meticulously designed and choreographed in a spectacular collaboration between LA-based WET Design (designers of the Burj Khalifa fountain), and Ramin Djawadi (award-winning composer of the Game of Thrones score).


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An immersive experience not to be missed, Surreal is a feast for the senses, combining water, sound, light and even fire in a mind-bending spectacle. You may not believe your eyes.

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Touching the Magic

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Today we're in the Opportunity District, where a world of different cultures meet, from Guinea-Bissau’s West African tribal life to the Balkan-meets-Mediterranean villages of North Macedonia to the epic, millennia-spanning heritage of China. Let’s get exploring! Photosensitivity warning: Some areas in Live@Expo broadcasts may feature bright flashing effects that may affect photosensitive viewers.

Ep 68: North Macedonia, Guinea-Bissau, and China Pavilions

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Today we're in the Opportunity District, from Guinea-Bissau’s West African tribal life to the Balkan-meets-Mediterranean villages of North Macedonia to the epic, millennia-spanning heritage of China. 

North Macedonia

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With its mix of Greek, Roman and Ottoman heritage, North Macedonia’s history is as complex and diverse as its modern national identity. Influenced by the Balkan and Mediterranean worlds, this historical nation shares its story at the North Macedonia Pavilion. Admire sights such as the serene Lake Ohrid, tour Skopje’s titanic neo-classical buildings and learn how a blossoming tourism industry is helping drive the country’s future economic development.


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North Macedonia Pavilion

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Diminutive Guinea-Bissau features an array of peoples, cultures, landscapes and wildlife packed into a single West African nation. Its pavilion skips from the protected nature preserve of its tropical Bijagos Islands, where sacred saltwater hippos and grey parrots thrive, to the dusty grandeur of Portuguese colonial-era buildings in friendly capital Bissau without missing a beat. 


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Guinea-Bissau Pavilion

China Pavilion daytime

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In Chinese culture, the lantern symbolises happiness and good fortune and now, the country is casting this favourable light over Expo 2020. The lantern-shaped China Pavilion offers an illuminating historical tour of Chinese innovation, including a monumental “moveable type” wall that transforms at night into a digital light display.

The pavilion showcases thousands of years of Chinese culture and technology. From ancient China’s invention of world-changing technologies such as the compass and gunpowder to the nation’s modern-day advancements in artificial intelligence, there’s no end of innovation here to explore.


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The inspiration for the stately yet energetic China Pavilion takes the literal shape of a traditional Chinese lantern: a monumental central column of stacked square red blocks capped in gleaming gold, surrounded by an airy, curved outer wall patterned in a geometric Chinese window lattice motif. 


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Live@Expo Ep 68: North Macedonia, Guinea-Bissau, and China Pavilions

Let's tour exhibits and country pavilions that spotlight how humans are working to create a more eco-friendly world. From tracing water’s impact at the Drop to touring DEWA’s sustainable home of the future, to experiencing Azerbaijan’s stunning solar-powered pavilion. Plus, we’ll sample some traditional Azerbaijani cuisine… Let’s go! Photosensitivity warning: Some areas in Live@Expo broadcasts may feature bright flashing effects that may affect photosensitive viewers.

Ep 88: Azerbaijan and DEWA Pavilions, plus Luminarium

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Let's tour amazing exhibits and country pavilions that spotlight how humans are working to create a more eco-friendly world, from DEWA’s sustainable home of the future to Azerbaijan’s solar-powered pavilion.

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With a striking design that takes inspiration from the natural world and strives to protect it as well, the Azerbaijan Pavilion invites visitors on a journey to discover how each of us can pitch in to restore balance to the planet.

Outside the pavilion, a vast leaf-shaped solar roof harnesses the sun’s rays, while the stylised wooden “tree” shelters a performance stage and authentic Azerbaijani garden below. Inside, dynamic video screens on the floor will guide your path as you plant “seeds for the future”, using a unique card chosen at the pavilion’s entrance to power a variety of interactive, thought-provoking exhibits.

Personalised, digitally enhanced sustainability experience

Advanced eco-features such as rainwater harvesting and a leaf-shaped solar roof

Authentic Azerbaijani garden area and performance space

Azerbaijan Features

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The Azerbaijan Pavilion’s central column takes the shape of a stylised tree trunk, with massive wooden “branches” that extend upwards to cradle its top level, as an elevated walkway hugs its base. The pavilion is sheltered by a vast, leaf-shaped canopy. 

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DEWA

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In 2018, 15 international teams of university students met for the first Solar Decathlon Middle East, a competition – organised Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) – to build the solar-powered home of tomorrow. Explore Team Virginia Tech’s winning “FutureHAUS Dubai”, as well as other smart designs at the DEWA Pavilion. Constructed from prefabricated “cartridges”, FutureHAUS Dubai thrives fully off the grid. From the solar roof to the temperature-buffering entryway, the home was designed to maximise efficiency and to provide plenty of futuristic touches. This compact eco-marvel gives visitors a peek at how we may live in the future.

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FutureHAUS Dubai takes shape as a simple, white rectangle constructed from nine structural cartridges with a slightly overhanging roof. As well as maximising efficiency it contains plenty of futuristic touches, including a drone-delivery hatch and a weight-measuring bathroom floor. 

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DEWA Pavilion

Live@Expo Ep 88: Azerbaijan and DEWA Pavilions, plus Luminarium

The Opportunity District is tonight's destination: We’re going on a whirlwind tour of Africa and the Middle East. Plus we’ll learn about the efforts of Expo’s host city to help the world's youngest citizens take charge of the future. And no doubt we’ll find a tasty snack along the way! Photosensitivity warning: Some areas in Live@Expo broadcasts may feature bright flashing effects that may affect photosensitive viewers.

Ep 89: Dubai Cares and Liberia Pavilions

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Tonight, we’re going on a whirlwind tour of Africa and the Middle East. Plus we’ll learn about the efforts of Expo’s host city to help the world's youngest citizens take charge of the future. 

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Dubai values education as the key to helping its youngest citizens take charge of the future. Expo 2020’s host city extends that mission across the globe with Dubai Cares, a dynamic philanthropic organisation that helps children in developing countries access quality learning opportunities. At the Dubai Cares Pavilion, learn about the transformative power of education and the unique challenges facing future generations through a series of playful, immersive activities designed to engage the whole family. Sit in a futuristic learning pod, take photos in a comics-inspired exhibit and find out how you can help grow the Dubai Cares movement.

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Dubai Cares Pavilion

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Africa’s first and oldest republic, this fascinating West African nation has weathered challenges with hope and energy through the centuries. Experience its lush rainforests, coastal beaches and lively capital city at the Liberia Pavilion, which details the country’s huge potential in agriculture and tourism. Plus, learn about the changes afoot in Liberia today, focused on its sustainable development strategies and infrastructure projects. 


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Learn about Liberia's advances in sustainable development.

Live@Expo Ep 74: Portugal and Suriname Pavilion + Surreal Waterfall

Live@Expo Ep 74: Portugal and Suriname Pavilion + Surreal Waterfall

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